Buni fruit in the botanical sense is a fleshy fruit formed from a single ovule. Morphologically, all the wrapping layers are soft: the outer layer is thin and soft, the inner layer is thick, soft, and watery.
Buah buni, buah yang semakin langka di Indonesia. Di Indonesia sendiri buah buni memiliki beberapa nama sebutan yang berbeda disetiap daerahnya. Seperti di Sunda, buah ini memiliki sebutan buah Huni dan di Jawa buah buni diberikan nama yaitu buah Wuni.
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Buni fruit plants that are ready to be harvested have purple color characteristics, which is a sign that the buni fruit has produced high anthocyanin levels. Anthocyanin itself is a compound that has benefits as a health guard in blood vessels, the nutritional content in buni fruit is also very much, ranging from Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, provitamin A, iron minerals and so on. Anthocyanins also work by oxidizing LDL (bad fats) levels in the body. Buni fruit is also used as medicine for diseases such as lack of blood, dirty blood, hypertension, heart disease, digestion and coughs.